371st Auction

1891, wrapper 2 k. green Farbergé Proof with inscription "ПОЧТОВАЯ БАНДЕРОЛЬ" (Postage banderol), unused, slight spots at right, otherwise fine, scarce

1890, Distillery Tax 1k.-25r., complete set with very fresh colors, without gum, very scarce like this, it is believed that mint stamps where made available to some prominent collector at the time

1890/92, Distillery Tax, 1,10 and 50k. and 1-10r. and 1892 1k., without gum, very scarce like this, it is believed that mint stamps where made available to some prominent collector at the time

1892, Maria Feodorovna Charities Playing Card Tax, Pelican and Emblems on trumps 30k., the iconic and rare label, beautifully engraved by the State Printing Works, very fine

FISCALS: 1907, General Issue 3rbl. tête-bêche block of 16 with large typographed red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ", mint never hinged, a very fine and attractive multiple

FISCALS: 1907, General Issue 5rbl. tête-bêche block of 16 with large typographed red overprint "ОБРАЗЕЦЪ", mint never hinged, a very fine and attractive multiple

EUPATORIA: 1870/80s, Court fee, a corner marginal "MAPKA" stamp dated "187..." and one dated "188...", but without town name but identified by Marcovich as Euptoria, scarce and fine

MOSCOW: Orphans Court, 20k. perforated orange with Faberge pencil note and 40-60k. and 1r. imperforated plus 60k. perforated, scarce, fine

SARATOV: 1882, Court fees, undivided pair with both "KVITANSIA" and "MARKA" halfes, the left side ungummed, the right gummed, fine and scarce

REVOLUTION: 1917, November. Registered commercial cover from DRUZKOVKA EKAT(ERINOSLAV) 5 11 17 sent to The Hague. Moscow and, as mail to a neutral country, British censorship. Of significant historica...

CIVIAL-WAR: 1920 (April) Insured parcel form sent from EKATERINODAR to Kostroma guberniya, charged at the Red Army rate of 1rbl. 25k. per Funt and excatly franked to 43rbl. and 70k. with Kuban overpri...

CIVIAL-WAR: 1920 (May) registered cover from Alexandrovsk-Grushevski to Simlyannasskayar, a rare example of private correspondence during the early Soviet period, correctly franked to the RSFSR rate o...

CIVIAL-WAR: 1920 (June), Money Transfer from used to send 2000 rbl. from KISLOVODSK to Vologda, exactly franked front and back at 2% with 40 copies of the Kuban 1rbl. surcharge on 3k. perforated, desp...

Kuban Government: 1r. on 3k. carmine, block of six from the upper left sheet margin, the upper without surcharge, mint never hinged, upper right stamp with crease, otherwise a fine and attractive mult...

25r. on 3k. imperforated and 25r. on 25k., each as block of six with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, 3k. some stains in the margin, 25k. with ageing spots, otherwise fine

MINSK: 1921, (250 R) on 2k. green block of six with cds. "MINSK 17 2 22", minor imperfections as always, otherwise fine

MINSK: 1920, "250r" violet cachet on 2k. green block of eight, tied by cds. "BORISOV MINSK 2 9 21" to private registered cover addressed to Jewish Daily Forward in New York, with Mosow censor mark and...

SEMJONOW: 1920, "руь" overprint type I on 20k. seperated block of four with appropriate cds., fine (similar offered in Lipschutz sale 1994, lot 2303)

Assembly of seven original documents in French and Russian plus three photographed documents from the archive of Sredinsky, the Postmaster, with details of the preparation of the stamps by the printer...

1919, 1r. on 4k. perforated block of four with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, fine, signed Sovjet Philatelic Assoc.

SEMYONOV: Wooden handstamp overprint on 20k. blue/red block of four, signed Krynine (ex Lipschutz Lot 2303 in the 1994 sale) - in addition four examples of the metal handstamp with appropriate cancels...

VENYOV: 1k. imperforated, used, fine, ex Trevor Pateman

Ganzsachen: 1895, double card 4 k. used from "CONSTANTINOPEL....97" without text via Odessa to Hattingen, Germany with arrival mark, fine

1897, 4k. black and orange in deep shade with inverted frame, unused, small corner crease, otherwise very fine and scarce (Chuchin 91a)

1923, October Revolution Worker 20k. imperforated block of four with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, fine